but down there, that's the united states senate, they are still in session and the reason is because they are wrangling, they're tied up over what congress is promising to do, which is really important, brooke. that is fund the government for the next six months to make sure the government doesn't shut down. i want to also, before i go back to you, give you -- i know you love interesting statistics. >> of course i do. >> reporter: jamie dupre sits back the hall from us over there in the little booth there, from cox radio, he crunched the numbers and found out if you include one vote in the house today, the house has only voted on 9 fridays, 9 fridays, this entire year, all of 2012, only voted nine days and the senate, two days. only two fridays of the entire year of 2012. i would like to have fridays like that, wouldn't you? >> i like that gig, i suppose, dana bash, but they have work to get done. thank you for now. enjoy the silence. enjoy the silence there on the hill. i want to remind all of you, we'll be talking to senator olympia snowe, republican out of maine, and this is her l